--- product_id: 66456763 title: "Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission" brand: "mike coburn" price: "340 DH" currency: MAD in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.ma/products/66456763-soldier-five-the-real-truth-about-the-bravo-two-zero store_origin: MA region: Morocco --- # Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission **Brand:** mike coburn **Price:** 340 DH **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission by mike coburn - **How much does it cost?** 340 DH with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.ma](https://www.desertcart.ma/products/66456763-soldier-five-the-real-truth-about-the-bravo-two-zero) ## Best For - mike coburn enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted mike coburn brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission ## Images ![Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61Vdlc8zxGL.jpg) ![Soldier Five: The Real Truth About The Bravo Two Zero Mission - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41M5gTeNX2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Decent read *by S***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2023* I read The one that got away & Bravo 2 zero some years back but recently saw people criticising those accounts for being embellished. Decent account from another perspective but not much that hasn’t already been documented. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Great summary of the whole incident *by D***N on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 October 2017* Excellent book about the ill fated Bravo Two Zero situation. In some respects it doesn't tell us any more than McNab and Ryan do, but Coburn has never written anything before or since which make me believe his story. He doesn't want to become a famous author, this is it.His frustration spills over towards the end, when he finally returned back to the UK. I see no reason for him to make the majority of this up, since a lot is the same as other stories and if you're being cynical you could say he was simply repeating it but some points are well known to the public. The sheer clusterf&@k of the situation is very obvious.It took me initially by surprise half way through to read about how he'd got there, from being a NZ soldier, but this broke up the story well and provided a human nature to Coburn that was very interesting. I know the MoD would never like to be painted in a bad light but at the end of the day it's a machine with many moving parts, aka human beings, who can make mistakes. It's such a shame so many mistakes happened at one time, else the whole incident would have been quickly forgotten by all. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars A good book and no contradiction between McNab and Ryan's accounts *by P***R on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 December 2011* I don't think I have anything really to add to praise for this book but I'd like to add a little something to the questions of it's veracity.In Andy McNab's first account he states that in their initial contact with the enemy the eight man patrol was engaged by a full enemy company (100-120 men) and two armoured personnel carriers which they destroyed. In his version of events his fellow SAS soldier Chris Ryan states that they were initially fired upon by a pair of local militiamen who were then joined by about a dozen more in a truck. He also heard the machinegun of an armoured car which he did not personally see but Mike Coburn who was also in the patrol did. Lastly they were attacked by the soldiers at a nearby artillery position using their anti-aircraft guns in the ground to ground role. According to ex-SAS soldier Michael Asher who returned to Iraq and interviewed the local people the patrol was attacked by exactly 3 local militiamen who were all veterans of the Iran/Iraq conflict. So who is telling the truth and who is lying?In Chris Ryan's account he states the battle started when he waved to the militiamen in order to try to fool them that they were friendly troops but he made the mistake of using his left hand which no Arab would do (in Middle Eastern culture it would be considered an insulting gesture to wave or shake hands using the left). McNab never mentions this but it's possible he simply never saw it due to his position or that he was looking the other way at the time, covering his respective arc of fire on the flank whilst Ryan who first in line in the patrol would be always scanning ahead. The militiamen who Michael Asher interviewed, having never read Ryan's book, also mentioned this detail, giving impressive credence to their story. But if they are telling the truth it suggests that 3 men armed with assault rifles could take on and defeat 8 men armed with assault rifles, machineguns, grenade launchers and anti-tank rockets in a stand up fight which seems extremely unlikely. Also it rathers beggars belief that the hundreds of Iraqi soldiers at the nearby anti-aircraft positions which all accounts agree were there simply ignored this massive gunbattle occuring on their doorstep. So is Andy McNab telling the truth or is Chris Ryan? Or Mike Coburn? Very possibly they both were, the men were hundreds of yards apart in the midst of a life or death firefight with loud explosions, gunfire, smoke and clouds of white phosphorous running hell for leather whilst trying to carry extremely heavy loads, Ryan saw things McNab and Coburn couldn't see and vice versa due to the terrain and their recall was of what was important to them at the time which obviously differed between the three. They both saw completely different bits of the same battle and described it accordingly, like the old fable of the blind men trying to describe an elephant by touch. McNab may never have been aware of the prescence of the local militiamen because Ryan was first in line and he was some ways behind him, by the time McNab was engaged in the running battle the soldiers at the anti-aircraft battery had joined in and they were the focus of his attention. Mike Coburn says he saw an armoured car firing a machine gun and two truckloads of Iraqis. Certainly the Iraqis at the artillery position would have needed some form of military vehicles to tow their anti-aircraft guns. Morever it would be weeks before any of the patrol could sit down and make a comprehensive written record of what had actually happened during which time McNab and Coburn were subject to a series of intense firefights, hypothermia, physical exhaustion, dehydration, capture, horrific torture and the death of three of their comrades. Meanwhile Ryan endured an arduous week long solo trek through the Iraqi desert (including inadvertently giving himself radiation poisoning from a contaminated spring and being forced to kill 2 men with his knife and bare hands) which left even a superfit and tough SAS trooper like himself a physical and emotional wreck. McNab and Coburn were also incarcerated for a considerable time with their fellow patrol members meaning that they would have swapped stories about what happened and influenced one another's recollection. Notably Mike Coburn also backs up McNab's story of hijacking a taxi which Asher pours a lot of doubt on. As for McNab's controversial decision not to take vehicles I'd point out that the other two patrols which did take vehicles had to abort their missions immediately whilst Bravo20 were able to remain undetected for up to two days. My point is that numerous witnesses can see the same thing and describe it countless different ways, they're not necessarily lying. This tends to be what the public and press can never understand in court or inquires, they expect everyone to have perfect recall and to have all seen the same thing, when they don't people begin to see conspiracies where there are none (Oliver Stone I'm talking to you!). Asher conducts his interview 10 years after the event with the Iraqi secret police looking over the shoulder of his interviewees. And frankly if I read in his book one more time how honourable the Bedouin are and how he understands them I'm going to scream! I just spent a 6 month tour in the middle east this year and actually I've found quite the reverse, especially when it comes to martial feats. So I'm prepared to give the members of the patrol the benefit of the doubt, combine their three accounts and you probably get an accurate picture. One thing I would say is that McNab and Coburn are a lot more charitable towards patrol member Vince Philips whilst Ryan seems to blame him for the patrol's failure. Hard to know one way or the other, everyone seems to have made their share of mistakes and no one person can be held accountable. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.ma/products/66456763-soldier-five-the-real-truth-about-the-bravo-two-zero](https://www.desertcart.ma/products/66456763-soldier-five-the-real-truth-about-the-bravo-two-zero) --- *Product available on Desertcart Morocco* *Store origin: MA* *Last updated: 2026-05-12*